Day 101 of the $100k Challenge +$558 All right, guys. So we’re going to do our little mid-day market recap here, go over the trades from this morning. Overall, this was a fairly slow day. 101st trading day of the year, and finishing the day with $558 in total gains. So I’ll put up my […]
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It’s Time To Jump Into The Trading Pool
It’s Time To Jump Into The Trading Pool When I started my trading career, back in late 2015, it was an entire new world for me (if you haven’t started reading my blog posts yet, I’d suggest you to read my first ones about my trading journey and the most difficult decision). In fact, […]
100th Trading Day of the year and 2nd Day MOMO on $MBOT
100th Trading Day of the year and 2nd Day MOMO on $MBOT All right everyone, so time for our midday market recap. Today is June 1st and so far this is a choppy start to the month. I’m finishing the day down fifty-three dollars. But interestingly, this would have been a good […]
Base Hits Continues to Bring Home the Bacon
Base Hits Continues to Bring Home the Bacon Adapting to market conditions In the last installment of my monthly recap I named April’s article “Grinding Out a Challenging Month as a Trader”. I used specific terminology when titling that article, starting it with the word “Grinding”. A way, or method, of trading that every serious […]
Slippage Definition: Day Trading Terminology
Slippage is the difference between the executed and expected price of a trade. It generally occurs during a period of high volatility, as a result of using a market order or when a large order fails to find adequate counter-party interest at the expected trade price. Both a negative and a positive divergence from the […]
Day 99 – Last day of May +$955 on more solid Momentum
Day 99 – Last day of May +$955 on more solid Momentum All right everyone, so time for our mid day market recap. We’re going to go over trades from today. Last day of May, and finishing it up with another just under $1,000. So, $955.00 in the first hour of the day, really didn’t […]
Day 98 – Back From Long Weekend +$860
All right guys, um, so we’re gonna start our Midday Market Recap. This is the 98th trading day of the year, and I’m finally getting settled back in, um, on the east coast after having been, uh, traveling for almost a month. I was in, uh, Italy for about a week and a half, […]
Do Not Gamble, But Consciously Bet On Yourself
Do Not Gamble, But Consciously Bet On Yourself Nowadays, it happens quite often that people ask me what’s day trading like. I usually answer by bringing my personal experience on the table because I believe there is no more honest answer than a real-life example. Typically, I can see great curiosity in the eyes on […]
Citron Research: Why You Should Know Who They Are
Who is Citron Research? Citron Research was arguably the most well-known activist short-selling firm, with Andrew Left at the helm. Citron is known for their highly publicized bearish research reports, which they publicly released online. Citron has been in the short-selling game for twenty years, since its start in 2001 as StockLemon. On the morning […]
Volatility Definition: Day Trading Terminology
Volatility is a measure of the security’s stability and is usually calculated as the standard deviation derived from a continuously compounded return over a certain period of time. It can also be defined as a statistical measure of dispersion for particular securities and is measured by variance or standard deviation. When it comes to option pricing, […]